Category: FEATURED
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State restores dental, vision and non-emergency transportation benefits for 460,000 people covered by 2014 Medicaid expansion
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News State officials reversed course Thursday and said they would resume paying dental, vision and non-emergency medical transportation costs for 460,000 Kentuckians on expanded Medicaid....
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Study: Infants are not as susceptible as older children to food allergens, and if exposed early, less likely to develop allergies
If you’re wary of exposing an infant to food that might be allergic, think again. New medical guidelines say that infants should be exposed to potentially allergic foods because that...
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Parents indulge in risky behavior, using phone and texting while driving with children in the car
About half of Americans in a survey said they talk on cell phones while driving with children aged 4 to 10. Worse yet, a third said they read text messages,...
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New oral-health plan includes expanded role for hygienists, soft-drink tax to fund loans to get more dentists in under-served areas
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s new plan for oral health calls for the state to expand the role of public-health hygienists, find other ways to expand the dental...
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Justice Department sends Ky. another prosecutor to fight fentanyl, orders charges to be brought regardless of quantity
Kentucky is one of the states that will get an extra federal prosecutor to fight the spread of fentanyl, a powerful opioid blamed for an increasing number of overdoses. As...
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Lexington restaurant gives people with addictions second chance
A Lexington restaurant was recently profiled in The New York Times for its efforts in giving people in treatment for drug and alcohol addiction a second chance. DV8 Kitchen opened last September and...
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State fines Caremark, top pharmacy benefit manager, $1.5 million for violations including ‘inaccurate and inconsistent’ information
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department of Insurance has issued a $1.5 million fine to a subsidiary of CVS Caremark — a pharmacy benefit manager for all but one of the...
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Analysis finds nursing homes under-reported their staffing levels; 18 in Kentucky listed as ‘much below average’ on interactive map
“Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than they had reported to the government for years, according to new federal data, bolstering the long-held suspicions of many families...
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Resurrecting old model for individual health-insurance market may limit who gets covered and how well, columnist says
Editor’s note: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has been one of the leading advocates of association health plans. By Trudy Lieberman, Rural Health News Service A new health...
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Perseverance is often needed to set up syringe exchanges, since local politicians have the say-so, and it’s a local election year
It took two years, but Campbell and Kenton counties will finally launch their syringe exchange programs the week of July 23. The new mobile exchanges will be run by the Northern...